German Bank of Memphis v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a petition by the German Bank of Memphis, as successor of the German National Bank of Memphis, and the Chemical National Bank of New York, against the United States, to recover the amount of three registered bonds alleged to have been wrongfully cancelled by the Register of the Treasury under the following circumstances: In 1869, one Henry P. Woodward died in Shelby County, Tennessee, leaving a will in which he directed that certain…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a petition by the German Bank of Memphis, as successor of the German National Bank of Memphis, and the Chemical National Bank of New York, against the United States, to recover the amount of three registered bonds alleged to have been wrongfully cancelled by the Register of the Treasury under the following circumstances: In 1869, one Henry P. Woodward died in Shelby County, Tennessee, leaving a will in which he directed that certain insurance money due his estate should be invested in United States interest-bearing bonds, with coupons attached, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice' Brown,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question in this case is whether the government can be held liable for the amount of certain registered bonds which the Register of the Treasury had cancelled without authority of law, plaintiffs themselves having been held liable to the owners of the bonds ■ for having been parties to the transaction.
Briefly stated, the facts are that the bonds were originally issued toM. E. Cochran, executor or assigns ”; that Cochran having died, one Anderson was appointed administrator ■ de bonis non/ obtained possession of…
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